I Sent My Mother $1.5 Million Pesos Every Month to Care for My Wife After Childbirth — Then I Came Home Early and Found Her Eating Spoiled Rice With Fish Heads

5. The First Words My Wife Managed to Say

I took her hand and tried to calm her down.

“You’re not in trouble. I’m not angry with you. I just want to understand.”

Hue looked toward the hallway.

Then she looked at the bedroom where our baby was sleeping.

Finally, she whispered:

“Your mother doesn’t want me to waste food.”

I frowned.

“What do you mean?”

“She says I’m eating too much.”

I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.

Hue explained that my mother often complained whenever she prepared a separate meal for her.

According to her, Hue should be grateful for whatever was available.

Sometimes she was given food left over from the previous evening.

On other days, she was told to eat whatever remained after everyone else had finished.

Hue said she had tried to remain patient because she didn’t want to create problems between me and my mother.

She also didn’t want me to worry while I was working.

I listened without interrupting.

Then she said something that made my chest tighten.

“Sometimes I wait until everyone leaves the kitchen before I eat. I don’t want another argument.”